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Lockdown lifting

Jarvis

How's everyone coping with this week's changes? The pub opposite my flat was open yesterday. And I was really aware of the noise and the lack of distancing and the fact I was becoming a nosey neighbour.

I have become very used to not being anywhere near people over the last year. Going to be difficult to get back to life kind of like before. This year has been difficult personally but I realised yesterday that the lockdown has actually provided reassurance and certainty.

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  • Yep! With you there.

    Especially with my medical phobias, throughout I have felt more secure with all of us locked up in our houses and become really panicked every time that idiot Johnson has opened up too soon and folks go mad sending the infection rate up.  I was locking myself down even further at those points.

    Even a walk out, never mind a trip to the shop, has been so stressful because my spacial awareness is poor and some folks don't seem to care how big 2 metres is or what a mask is for anyway.  Constantly trying to judge whether I am 2 metres away from this person or that person was sending my stress level through the roof.  I ended up walking down the middle of the road and had one nasty accident as a result. I completely broke down a couple of times in the Supermarket with the overload of it all.

    At least this time I've had my first jab, so knowing I'm unlikely to be very ill even if I do catch it, is calming some of that down now and feel I can actually enjoy the sunshine a bit if I pootle to the Green and back and wait my turn in the corner shop without worrying.  It is a mystery to me that so many people have immediately charged out to the pub just to drink beer in the freezing cold, or all felt a compelling and simultaneous need to barge into Primark  What's the matter with them?  

    I'm not a social phobe, albeit I do social on my terms, but I can't say I've been hungering for physical contact when I've got a phone to chat to my close friends. I'd rather they were safe.  And there are aspects of lockdown life that suit me better.  I'm not missing the crowds or the stress of the commute, for sure.

    I think return to normality needs to be slow and ultra safe for me.

  • in reply to Dawn

    I'm definitely not missing crowds. Living in a city centre I popped out yesterday lunchtime as I do most lunchtimes and the difference in the amount of people was incredible. It was a nice atmosphere when observed from afar... I certainly had no interest in joining the queue at Tk Maxx and Primark. 

    My spacial awareness is awful too. And so many people wear masks as chin straps here. I find myself judging and then checking myself for being so critical often! 

    A slow return is definitely important. We couldn't go into anyone's house for dinner at Easter yet we can stand in queues or sit crowded outside pubs less than  2 weeks later... almost as though money is more important. 

    Try to keep positive. Hope you're doing OK! 

  • in reply to Jarvis

    Couldn't agree more...It's getting better...

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